Lamentations 3:16

Modern

He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.

Traditional

He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

Literal

And He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has covered me with ashes.

Latin

Et fregit ad numerum dentes meos; cibavit me cinere.

Hebrew

English

He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.

The author speaks of the suffering of Judah and Jerusalem as his own.

In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:1–20, 48–54). In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:21–25). He explains how God’s people should respond (Lamentations 3:26–47). Finally, he calls out to the Lord in prayer (Lamentations 3:55–66).

Proverbs 20:17
Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
Jeremiah 6:26
O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
Psalm 3:7
Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
Psalm 58:6
O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
Matthew 7:9
Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
Jonah 3:6
When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Psalm 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
Luke 11:11
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
Job 4:10
The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Job 2:8
And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.